August 4, 2008 Agency Options: Networks, Financing, Staffing Homeowners & Condos Top Performing P/C Insurers: 2Q

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In this Issue

• People & Places
  People
  Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer The Main Street America Group...
• Features
  State Farm: 47.1% Florida Hike
  State Farm Florida Insurance Co. filed an average 47.1 percent...
• Business Moves
  Business Moves
  Tokio Marine, Philadelphia Insurance Japan's Tokio Marine Holdings,...
• Features
  Road Danger: Thousands of Medically Unfit Commercial Drivers Still Trucking on U.S. Roads
  Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the...
• Features
  Stunning Workers’ Comp for Cops in Tennessee
  Police in Brownsville, Tenn. will soon be armed with electric stun...
• Features
  Surplus Market Snapshot: Business Rides the Market Tides
  Some Lines of Business Down But Not All; More Large Firms Going...
• Features
  Reducing the Risk in Florida Surplus Lines
  Build Relationships, Advises FSLA Board Member O'Leary Like trapeze...
• Features
  No Death Penalty in North Carolina Insurance Murder
  An insurance agency owner charged with killing a North Carolina...
• Features
  What Retail Agents Need to Know to Access Florida Surplus Lines
  10 +1 Questions of Advice for Agents Thinking of Sticking Their Toes...
• Features
  Alabama Insurance Agent Parker Wins Republican Runoff
  Huntsville insurance agent Wayne Parker won the Republican nomination...
• It Figures
  It Figures
  $41 Million The amount Florida residents saved last year thanks to a...
• Features
  Georgia Home Builders Association and Its Member Insurer Hammer Away at Each Other
  A Georgia association of builders and the insurer that has offered...
• Declarations
  Declarations
  Reasonable Care "In short, there is no allegation that any Delta...
• Features
  Insurers, Agents Urge Coastal Wind Policy from Texas to Maine
  Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance...
• Closing Quote
  Challenges and Strategies for the 21st Century Independent Agency
  The letter from the Palatine Insurance Co. to the independent...

National Coverage

• Features
  Employee Retention: It’s Not Always About Money
  Paid Time Off, Office Space Equality, Free Fridays and Wellness...
• Features
  What Agencies Can Expect Accessing Bank Capital in the Current Credit Crunch
  How to Properly Position an Agency When Planning to Borrow From a...
• Features
  Agents Weigh Independence, Commissions, Markets When Choosing Agency Networks
  Rising Costs, Soft Market Cause Agents to Consider Network Options...
• Features
  Study: U.S. Entrepreneurs More Optimistic on Taking Risks
  Despite a weakened economic market, a new study from Hiscox shows...
• Features
  The Complete Condo Package, Part 1
  Fitting the Pieces Together for a Comprehensive Association or Unit...
• Features
  A Philosophy – and Practice – of Sharing
  Shows How Sharing Success With Producers Keeps the Agency and Its...
• Features
  U.S. P/C Insurers’ Catastrophe Losses for Q2 Double to $6 Billion
  Total of 16 Cats Generate More Than 1.2 Million Claims; Average Claim...
• New Markets
  New Markets
  The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of...
• Features
  GAO: Flood Program Lacks Funds to Face Future
  The National Flood Insurance Program owes the federal Treasury more...

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